WARNER ROBINS, GA- The Small Business of the year Award, along with several other prestigious awards will be presented at the Robins Regional Chamber of Commerce’s 63rd Annual Meeting; to be held on Thursday, January 17, 2013 in the Century of Flight Hangar at the Museum of Aviation. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. for a brief social period prior to the dinner, which will begin at 7:00 p.m.

Each year at the Annual Meeting, the Chamber presents several awards honoring those who demonstrated outstanding service to the Chamber. The prestigious awards include: The Charles K. Shaheen Small Business of the Year Award, presented to one of the 2012 Small Business of the Month recipients for outstanding business achievement and exemplary service to the community; The Edward Bayer Employee of the Year Award, presented to one of the 2012 Outstanding Employee of the Month recipients for outstanding achevement and quality service to the community; The Charlie L. Jones Memorial Award, presented to the community’s most outstanding citizen, for sustained and superior service to the community (recipient’s service activities usually span a number of years and may involve a number of businesses, civic, governmental, cultural and/or religious activities); The Sherrill Stafford Good Government Service Award, presented to the community’s most outstanding elected or appointed official or employee of any governmental agency (award is made for exceptional, outstanding service in the performance of duty); The A.C. “Dick” Walden III Chamber Person of the Year Award, presented to the Chamber member having made the most outstanding contribution to the success of the organization or any one or more of its programs during 2012; and the Heide Hubbard Ambassador of the Year Award, presented to the Ambassador who has shown exemplary support of Chamber events throughout the year. This award is based on a point system.

At the Annual Meeting, the Chamber will also install new officers, welcome new board members and make the official transfer of leadership from the 2012 chair to the appointed chair for 2013.

Cost to attend the meeting is $40.00 per person for Chamber members and their guests. The fee for all non-members is $55.00 and the cost for a table seating 8 people is $320.00. Please RSVP as soon as possible to the Chamber via telephone (478.922.8585), fax (478.328.7445) or e-mail (rsvp@robinsregion.com). Also, please include the names of those attending so the Chamber can maintain accurate records.

For more information, please contact the Chamber at 478.922.8585.

NOTE TO MEDIA: Photos of all recipients will be taken on stage directly following the program.

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The Robins Regional Chamber is a volunteer-driven, member-supported organization working full-time to preserve, enhance and expand the opportunities for orderly growth of business, industrial and professional communities throughout the Robins Region of Middle Georgia. Our objectives are to preserve and increase jobs, capital investment and opportunities for economic growth. The business of the Chamber is business.